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The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1887-01-01
NEW YEAR PROVERBS.
SANITARY EFFECT OF Low
CEILINGS,
Che blacklist month in all the year
IS the month of Janiveer.

The Sanitary Institute OF Great Brit
ain has discussed an interesting paper in
which the writer argues that ventilation,
that is, the constant change OF atmos-
phere, goes on more satisfactorily III a
room with low ceiling than high one.
The argument is, that to have the cur
rents of fresh air circulate only in the
lower part of the room, leaving the upper
portion OF the air in it unaffected, is prac.
tically a much worse way of ventilating
the room than, with the same movement
of air, to cut off the upper stagnant por-
ton Of it by low ceiling; for the stag
nant atmospheric mass under the high
ceiling, although motionless, keeps act
lively at work under the law of the diff
fusion of gases, fouling the fresh cur
rents that circulate beneath it, while with
low rooms and high windows no aecumu-
lation of stagnant air can exist, the hot
and foul atmospheric strain being swept
constantly from the ceilings in the cur
rents, just as dust is swept from the floor
by broom. Indirectly, moreover, the
low ceiling possesses the advantage of
improving the heslthfulness Of the room
by its economy of heat-a primary con-
sideration, Of course, in cold climates.
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ghe Aome Circle.
A SONG FOR NEW YEARS EVE.
BY WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT

Stay yet. my friends moment stay
Stay till the good old year.
SO long companion of our way,
Shakes hands, and leaves us here.
o stay, o stay,
One little hour, and then away.
The year, whose hopes were high and strong
Has now no hopes to wake;
Yet one hour more of jest and song
For his familiar sake.
o stay, o stay,
One mirthful hour, and then away,
The kindly year, his liberal hands
Have lavished all his store.
And shall we turn from where he stands,
Because he gives no more?
stay, o stay,
One grateful hour, and then away.
Days brightly came and calmly went,
While yet he was our guest;
How cheerfully the week was spentl
How sweet the seventh days restl
o stay, o stay,
One golden hour, and then away.
Dear friends were with us, some who sleep
Beneath the coffin lid;
What pleasant memories we keep
OF all they said and did!
o stay, o stay.
One tender hour, and then away.
Even while we sing, he smiles his last,
And leaves our snhere behind.
The good old year is with the past;
Oh, be the new as kind
o stay, o stay,
One parting strain, and then away.
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Why do you pause now, Nan9 turn

Why do you pause now, Nan? turn
on.
To-day Della Lane told me something.
Such pretty lady called and inquired for
Mr.. Jack. Her hair exactly matched the
little strip of sunshine that falls across
my loom, and her eyes are like the little
speck of sky that see through my win
dow.
"She is going to marry Jack Marston,"
said Della Lane; they are engaged now.
Did you see the lovely rings2"
Everything spun around for moment
and something snapped in my head as if
some machinery had broken.
Then went on weaving. Who will
get that cloth I wonder? All, they will
never know the bitterness wove into it.
Only factory girl What right have
I with heart, and how dare love him?
And yet-and yet Oh, Jackl
A little sigh and woman sobbing.
Poor little Nan-poor, poor Nan! And
over in the great mill in the little office
room, with his head lying upon the desk,
wearied with his papers and accounts,
Jack Marston was sleeping, smile fixed
upon his handsome mouth. Cora? Is it
her face that comes into your dream; the
girl with the golden hair and eyes like
the sky?
1t is face from which two eyes look
forth, and Cors's eyes could never wear
that look of patient sorrow; but perhaps
Cora The lips part and the sleeper
murmurs one word, Mani"
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1887-01-01

The puzzled look upon Jacks face
suddenly clears.
"Did you think, Man," he asks, " that
it was Coral"
She mods her head but does not speak.
"Cora is my uncle's ward" says Jack,
"and she is to marry my cousin" Then,
coming closer, he bends his head, "Nan,
my little girl" he says softly, al have
loved you from the first"
Nan is struggling hard to be calm and
quiet.
" How came we here?" she whispers.
Jerry saved us" said Jack.
|" And Jerry?"
Is SAFE"
Yes, jerry is safe = safe from trials
and temptations -safe from the misery
that would be his could he see these two
now. All, yes, safel
"Nan," says Jack, I" I want you to say
after me what tell YOU"
There was no answer.
"Jack,"
Nan looks up.
Jack" she says, very softly.
ga little longer pause, and in the
waiting the big bell begins to ring"
"Love," says Jack.
There is no answer. One-two-three.
man," four = five six. There is q
pause of the bell almost as if it were wait
ing, too. Seven. Nan lifts her head.
"Love-you," she said softly, supply
ing the last word herself.
Eight-nine-ten-e leven-twelve!
"The New Year has begun" cries
Jack, with great happiness thrilling
through his voice, and looking up with a
smile upon his lips. Nan knows the old
year has passed away forever, and the
new year has begun indeed. And it is
Jack who says as little Robin who spoke
before, " A happy New Year, Man."
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1887-01-01
N AN.
A NEW YEARS STORY.
NEW YEAR THE FIRST.


Iwonder does God care for us? They
tell us he is kind and good, that he
noteth even the sparrow's fall, and care
we not more than many sparrows?" Yet
they heed us not, they pass by on the
other side and still they serve him. Old
Joshua MarstOn cut US to-day another
SO much that tells; it is the another" 1t
was meager enough pittance before-it
is beggarly now. Yet to-morrrow-to-
morrow is New Year old Joshua Mars
ton will go to church and sitting in
his comfortable pew will pray. He can
pray, too, they tell US. We have no time
for praying, except "Give us this day our
daily bread" and sometimes God does
not even grant that am growing hard
l fear and skeptical. am losing faith.
Robin is dyingi
I know it is true, yet I sit and write
straight on and not tear drop stains the
page.
I am only twenty, but 1 have learned
already that there are some things worse
than death. Robin will not be hungry
where he is going, neither will he be cold.
And yet this room is very small-only
nine by twelve; could wish tonight that
it was only six by two. Robin, my BROTH
or, take me. l could better bear the mys-
terry there than face the one here, for the
problem of living is harder to solve than
the problem of dying. Eleven o'clock
My lamp is burning yet; it is reckless
waste of oil-but tonight l am reckless
myself.
There is only one hour more. will
sit up and watch the old year out and the
new year in.
1t will not be new year to me; the old
year goes right on only the shadows that
enwrapt it are darker and the weight of
misery if leaves is heavier. Another ten
per cent! Did that mean so much to you,
Joshua Marston You with your millions;
had you not enough? Must you again rob
the widow and orphan-for it is nothing
less!I wonder Joshua Marston, if the min
lister were to morrow to preach from the
text, "Woe to him that ooveteth an evil
covetousness to his house, that he may set
his nest on high, that he may be deliver
ed from the power of evil. Thou hast
consulted shame to thy house by cutting
off many people and hast sinned against
thy soul. For the stone shall cry out Of
the wall and the beam out of the timber
shall answer it, wonder if you would
sit as quiet in your pew and pray? He
will not preach from that text, however;
he will tell the infinite goodness Of God
to man (what goodness could he tell of
man to man I wonderO and you will list.
en- approvingly, and ride home afterwards
in your comfortable sleigh in frame of
mind comfortable indeed, and
Robin is dying - dying because the
doctors bills are too heavy to pay, and
the price Of medicine too high.
Oh, my brother my darling, my baby
it is wicked to ask you to stay; and yet,
to come home by night, weary, faint-to
come home after toiling all day among
those looms; with the never ending whirr
OF machinery, and only the shuttle flying
back and forth to see to come home
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1887-01-01

law in regard to the money belonging to
children, also to know the rates of in
terest and values of property. While
money in bank sometimes aceumulates
as fast as that invested and can be Sc
cured and used in emergencies in less
time than by any other form of invest
ment, there are many other ways of using
the money saved-a piece of land can be
bought and put in baby's name, or sold
again and the money turned over and
over.-Bdbyhood.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1887-01-01
REMEDY For TIRED EYES.

People speak about their eyes being
tired, meaning that the retina, or seeing
portion of the eye is fatigued, but such is
not the case, as the retine hardly ever
gets tired. The fatigue is in the inner
and outer muscles attached to the eye
ball and the muscle of accommodation
which surrounds the lens of the eye
When a near object is to be looked at,
this muscle relaxes and allows the lens to
thicken, increasing its retroactive power.
The inner and outer muscles are used in
covering the eye on the object to be
looked at, the inner one being especially
used when near object is looked at. 1t
is in the three muscles mentioned that
fatigue is felt, and relief is secured tenn
porarily by closing the eyes or gazing at a
far distant object. The usual indication
OF strain is redness of the rim Of the
eyelid, betokening a congested state of
the inner surface, accompanied with some
pain. Sometimes this WEAKNESS indicates
the need of glasses rightly adapted to the
person, and in other cases the true reme-
dy is to massage the eye and its surround
ings as far as may be with the hand wet
in cold water.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1887-01-01
PRESENT PHASES OF THE
WOMAN PROBLEM.

OF late years this question of woman's
work has passed into another phase, and
the point now is, not so much how they
can be provided with work adequately
remunerated, but how they can fit them
selves for doing it without damage to their
health and those interests of the race and
society which are bound up with their
we'll being. This is the real difficulty, both
of the higher education and of the general
circumstances surrounding the self-sup.
port Of women. For the strain is severe,
and must be, if they are to successfully
compete with men undeniably the
stronger, both in mind and body, in intel
lectual grasp and staying power, in the
faculty OF originatlon, the capacity for
sustained effort, and in patient perse.
veranee under arduous and, it may be,
distasteful labor But the dream and
the chief endeavor of women now is to
do the same work IS men alone have
hitherto done - which means that the
weaker shall come into direct competition
with the stronger the result being sure
ly foregone conclusion. This is the
natural consequence of the degradation
by women themselves of their own more
fitting work; so that a female doctor, for
the present, holds higher social position
than does the resident governess, while a
a telegraph girl may be lady, but shop
girl can not.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1887-01-01
NDERCLOTHING.


There is widely prevalent idea that
silk is the best substance from which to
make underclothing, and l have known
many poor girls to stint themselves in
the necessaries of life in order to save
enough money to purchase silk under
garments. But silk is not the best ma
terial with which to make underclothes,
30 far as concerns their health preserving
qualities, whatever may be its advantages
so far as beauty and immediate comfort
are concerned. The chief object of I'M
derclothing is the retention of the natural
heat of the body in such way that low
temperature and sudden changes will not
affect the surface. Several years ago I
performed some experiments which went
to show beyond doubt that silk is below
wool in its power to prevent the loss of
heat from the body, and very little
superior to cotton. Indeed, nothing is in
this respect preferable to wool, and of
this material all underclothing meant for
winter use should be made. In summer
q mixture of wool and cotton called
merino may be worn; but even in very
hot weather silk is not desirable, for it Is
not such ready absorber of perspiration
as is wool, and hence allows the body to
be kept in state not very remote from
that known as par boiled. Wool, how
ever, taking up as it does the moisture
from the body, exposes it to the action Of
the atmosphere. 1t is evaporated, and
the process being a cooling one, keeps
the skin from becoming overheated.-Dr.
Hammond.
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and find - silence, darkness no little
face, no patient smile, no weak, tender
voice-Robin, Robinl
Only factory grill What business
have with feelings? Only factory girl,
toiling from early morning till late at
night, weaving into the fabric, not only
the threads from the shuttle, but the
cords OF my own life as well-I have not
even seen better days. never shall-here.
Where will it end? Why herel to-day a
piece of machinery broke down-it had
run for years and years, and was very old.
Joshua Marston looked at it and said,
"Can't be used longer; throw it aside and
get another;" and that is what he will say
when one of his human machines shall
chance to break down, too.
Robin is calling. Yes, little brother, 1
am coming. + Invent. saw not
the hand that meant Death, but deliver.
ance also.
"Nan," Robin says, "kiss me-" And I
bent down and caught him in my arms
and kissed him. Oh, my Robinl
One-two- listened, holding Robin
tightly; would God take him away--three
--four-fve-Robin's arms were clasped
around my neck = six seven-sight-
nine-he is growing very still - ten
eleven-twelve! Robins eyes unclose-he
looks up into my face and smiles-"Hap
Ply New Year, Man," he whispers, family,
and then I lay him gently down. do
not return the wish, for he could not
hear me, and his New Year has begun-in
heaven.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1887-01-01
HISTORY OF NEW YEARS.


1t is very appropriate that the first of
January should be the first day of the
| first month Of the year, so far as the North
ern Hemisphere is concerned, since, it's
beginning being near the winter solstice,
the year is thus made to present a COM
plete series of the seasonal changes and
operations, including equally the first
| movements OF spring and the death of all
annual vegetation in the frozen arms OF
winter. Yet the earliest calendars, as
the Jewish, the Egyptian and Greek, did
not place the commencement of the year
at this point. 1t was not done till the
| formation of the Roman calendar; usually
attributed to the second king, Numa
Pompilius, whose reign is set down as
terminating ammo 672 B. @. Numa, it is
said, having decreed that the year should
commence now, added two new months to
the ten into which the year had previous
ly been divided, calling the first Janua-
RUS, in honor of Janus, the deity sup
posed to preside over doors Nat. janua,
door,, who might very naturally be pre-
sumed also to have something TO do with
the opening of the year.
Although, however, there was a gen.
eral popular regard to the first of Jan
uary as the beginning of the year, the
ancient Jewish year, which opened the
25th of March, continued long to have
legal position in Christian countries. In
England it was not till 1852 that the 1st
of January became the initial day of the
legal, as it had long been Of the popular,
year. Before that time it was customary
to set down dates between the LIST Of Jan
uary and the Oath of March inclusive,
thus: January 30, 1889; meaning that
popularity the year was 1649, but legally
1648 In Scotland this desirable change
was made by decree of James vi. in
privy council, in the year 1900. 1t was
effected in France in 1864; in Holland,
Protestant Germany and Russia in 100,
and in Sweden in 1853.
According to Verstegap, in his curious
book, The Restitution Of Decayed In
telligence," our Saxon ancestors origi-
nalIy called this month Wolf-monat -
that is, Wolf-month -" because people
were wont always in that month to be
more in danger to be devoured of wolves
than in any season else of the year, for
that, through the extremity of cold and
snow, those ravenous creatures could not
find sufficient beasts to feed upon" Sub
sequently the month was named by the
same people After Yule that is, After
| Christmas. 1t is rather odd that we
should have abandoned the Saxon names
of the months, while retaining those of
the days of the week.
NEW YEAR PROVERBS.
If tn grass grows in Janiveer
1t grows the worse fort all the year,
A January spring
Is worth naething.
Under water dearth,
Under snow bread.
March in Janiveer,
January in March, fear.
If January calends be symmetry gay,
Twill be winterly weather till the calends of
May.
The blacklist month in all the year
Is the month of Janveer.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1887-10-12
The Democratic Land Policy.

The 2oo,ooO,00O acres of public do
main granted to railroad corporations
were all voted away by acts of Con-
gress passed by the Republicans.
This policy was first initiated on July
LIST, 1852, and the amount of land do
main first and last under Republican
auspices is 2Oo,OOO,OOO of acres. The
purpose of the Democratic administra-
ton has been to recover for the use of
actual settlers, not the railroad lands
properly taken up in conformity of
law, but those upon which the monop-
olists have fastened, in disregard of
the rights of the residents or of the
necessity of leaving the unsettled por-
tions open to the occupancy of those
who desire to found homesteads upon
them.-New York Star.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1887-10-12
The Free List the Escape Valve.

Undoubtedly a revenue tariff may
be made to produce larger revenue
than prohibitive or protective tax,
but in constructing a revenue tariff
this danger is to be provided against
not by putting whisky on the free list,
but by putting coal, lumber, chemi-
Gals, dye-stuffs and other articles of
prime necessity in daily life, or essen
tial to the success of our manufacture
ing industries under the American
system of high wages. The free list
is the escape valve under n revenue
charlottesville Courier.
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A sound Legal OpiuiOn.

E. cambridge Munday, Esq, County
Atty. Clay Co. Texas, says: "Have used
Electric Bitters with most happy results
My brother also was low with Malarial
Fever and Jaundicc, but was cured by
timely use of this medicine. Am satisfied
Electric Bitters saved his life"
Mr.. d. l.. Wilcoxson, Of Horse Cave
KY, adds little testimony, saying He
positively believes he would have died
had 1t not been for Electric Bitters.
This great remedy will ward of, as well
as cure all Malariai Diseases, and for all
Kidney, Liver and Stomach disorders
stands unrivaled. Price SOC, and 81, al
Field q Grav,s n
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Notice to Contractors.

In pursuance OF Act No. III, laws of 1859. and
acts amendatory and supplementary thereto, the
undersigned Local Commissioner Of Falls Greek
swamp land State improvement, will on the 18th
day OF November, 1887, at 10 o'clock A. NJ, at my
Office in the city Of Apena Michigan, receive bids
for the construction OF said improvement as fol-
lows; Commencing at the mouth Of Falls Greek,
on section 7, town 81 north, range east and from
thence running northwesterly to point on section
81, town 81 north, range cast thence northeastern
ly TO point on the west half OF section 81, town
81 north range east, In all distance Of four miles
according to the approved survey thereof.
All bids must be written or printed and each
bidder will be required TO furnish nc least two re-
sponsible sureties, that case the contract 10
awarded to him. that the work will be fully COM
peted in accordance with form Of contract requir-
ed, on or before the 10th day Of November, 1883.
The survey OF said improvement and the form
Of contract required may be seen at my ONCE, at
any time previous TO the date Of receiving bids.
Payment for the work will be made by the State
in swamp lands, in the lower peninsula, ut the
minimum price established by law.
Blank bids may be had upon application. AL
bids will be subject to the acceptance Of the Board
of Cont oil OF State Swamp Lands.
The right TO reject any or all bids deemed incon-
sistent with the interests Of the State is hereby
reserved.
A. r. BLAKLEY,
Local Commissioner.
Plated at Alpena. October 18th, 1887. sA
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1887-10-12
Drunkenness, or Liquor Habit, Posi-
lively Cured by Administering DIR.
Haines' Golden Specific.

II can be given In cup of coffee or
tea without the knowledge of a person
taking 1t; Is absolutely harmless and will
effect permanent and speedy cure. wheth-
er the patient is moderate drinker or an
alcoholic wreck. Thousands of drunk
ards have been made temperate men who
have taken theGolden Specific In their cof-
fee without their knowledge. and to-day
believe they quit drinking of their own
free will. 1T NEVER FAILS. The sys-
tenn once impregnated with the Specific 1t
becomes an utter impossibllity for the liq-
uor appetite to exist. For full particulars
address GOLDEN SPECIFIC Co, 1875 Race
st., Cincinnati, Ohio. 708yl
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1887-10-12
The farmers of this country, because

The farmers of this country, because
of the protective system, must buy
and sell under two different standards.
Their sales must be made in open
competition with all the world, under
a system of trade that is absolutely
free, and in their purchases they are
confined to one market, in which the
commodities they need are artifcially
made dear by protection. The extor-
tons of the tariff upon American
farmers are memorable, remorseless,
Observation-Disclosures Record.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1887-10-12

1t is asserted that in Massachusetts
there are not less than 4,614 Federal
employees and of these 1928, or SO per
cent, are Republicans, drawing from
the United States Treasury not less
than s5,00O,0O0 per annum. Demo-
Gratis must wait and wade through the
slow and oftentime unsatisfactory pro-
cess of a Civil Service examination.
But what are they going to do about
it?-Ex.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1887-10-12
Notice to Contractors.

In pursuance Of act No. H. laws Of 1889, and
acts amendatory and supplementary thereto, the
undersigned Local Commissioner Of the Norwe-
gian Greek swamp land State improvement will
on the 10th day Of NOVEMBER, 1887, at 2 o'clock
p. NJ, at my Office In Alpena township, Michigan,
receive bids for the construction of said improve
ment as follows: Commencing at the mouth OF
Norwegian Creek, section 10, town 81 north, range
Q east, and from thence running north westerly to
point on section H. town 81 north, range east,
distance Of ~ miles according to the approved
survey thereof.
All bids must be written or printed, and each
bidder will DO required to furnish at least two re-
sponsible suretes, that in case the contract Is
awarded TO him. that the work will be fully COM
peted in accordance with form OF contract re-
aured, on or before the 10th day Of November,
1888.
The survey of said improvement and the form OF
contract required may be seen at my ONCE, at any
time previous TO the date of receiving bids.
Payment for the work will be made by the State
in swamp lands, in tho lower peninsula, at the
minimum price established by law.
Blank bids may be had upon application All
bids will be subject to the acceptance Of the Board
Of Control OF State Swamp Lands.
The right to reject any or all bids deemed incon-
sistent with the interests of the State is hereby
reserved
JAMES A. CASE,
Local Commissioner.
Dated at Alpena, Oct. 17th, 1887. sA